US Patent: 62,897 
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| Improvement in punching machines
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	        Patentee:
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 | Oliver Snow (exact or similar names) - West Meriden, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Mar. 12, 1867 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for Oliver Snow & Co. 
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        Description: |  
| The invention is a tool-holding socket in a punch press that provides an adjustment to compensate for the punch being shorter as it is sharpened.The firm Meriden Mfg. Co. was, through a series of name changes, a successor to Oliver Snow & Co. |  
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